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Grand Canyon University Expands to East Valley

MESA, AZ-The private, for-profit Christian university unveils plans for a second campus on up to 160 acres on DMB's Eastmark. The campus will open for the 2015-2016 school year.

By Amy Wolff Sorter | Updated on July 30, 2013

MESA, AZ-A little more than one year after launching a search for the ideal site for expansion, Grand Canyon University has unveiled plans for – and the future of – its new location. The Christian, for-profit university is collaborating with Scottsdale, AZ-based developer DMB Associates to build and operate its second campus at Eastmark, a 3,200-acre, master-planned development.

GCU has been around for decades; its main campus is at 33rd and Camelback. It has a strong online component as well as on-campus programs. Demand led to its need to expand and, according to Colliers International’s senior vice president Todd Noel, the university examined sites throughout the southwest including the Phoenix metro region and Tucson.

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